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The Center for Western StudiesAugustana College2001 S. Summit AvenueSioux Falls, SD 57197

he last major body of writing byAugustana’s long-time writer-in-residence, Herbert Krause, has just

been published by theCenter in an attractive280-page paperback.Featuring a cover byMark Anderson of SiouxFalls—a reproduction ofhis prize-winning FederalDuck Stamp for 2005,Hooded Mergansers ona golden pond—thenew book is the resultof the editorial labors ofDr. Ronald R. Nelson ofThe Hague, aided bythe Center’s own Dr. Art Huseboe aspublisher.

In this newly gathered collection of allof Krause’s voluminous writing on thesubject of birds on the Northern Plains,his concerns about our environment here

are as current as if written yesterday. Dr.Nelson’s introduction to Birding in theNorthern Plains was written originally for

presentation atthe 2006 DakotaConference. In ithe praises Krausefor the accuracyof hisobservations aswell as for thefrequentsentences that“charm the eyeand ear,” butwhat mattersmost is the

passion of Krause’s plea that we supportthe cause of disappearing wildlife,“threatened not only here but the worldover, a global problem of which theNorthern Plains is too inevitably a part!”

Just Out…the long-awaited Birding in the Northern Plains:The OrnithologicalWritings of Herbert Krause

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Birding in the Northern PlainsBy Herbert Krause

Edited by Ronald R. Nelson$25.00 (special introductory price

for CWS Members)

Stop into the CWS Gift & Book Shopor shop online at www.augie.edu/cws

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Artwork by Mark Anderson

he Center’s annual fund-raisingdinner-theater had a differentlook on the night of June 17

when student Andrew Ericksonbrought his CWS production of“Footlights to Spotlights” on stageat the Washington Pavilion of Artsand Science.

And “on stage” is the key phrase,for the entire production, includingthe seating of 275 diners and asmall stage for the presentation ofscenes out of the past—all tookplace on the commodious mainstage of the Great Hall in thePavilion.

Presented as fund- and friend-raiser, the production featuredscenes from nearly a dozen shows,selected by Andrew from his studyof the 7,000 plays performed inSioux Falls between 1880 and the present.

Dignitaries attending this unusual JuneEvent, the first to be held in the Great

Hall, included many who have contributedin significant ways to the Center’sprograms and projects: President and Mrs.Rob Oliver were introduced, as were thesponsors of “Footlights to Spotlights,”Robert and Gerry Berger Law; Andrew’s

parents werepresent, Dennisand JeanErickson, as wererepresentativesfrom the SiouxFalls AreaCommunityFoundation, theagency that hadawarded Andrewthe $5,000JacobsenScholarship for2007-2008(CEO CandaceHanson andassociate PatrickGale).Also

introduced askey supporters of the Center were Mrs.Sherry DeBoer, Executive Director of theSouth Dakota Humanities Council, and Dr.

and Mrs. Arthur Olsen, Art thepresident of the NordlandFest—a major communityethnic celebration; and RobertHazard and wife, Mim; Robert’sfirm, Koch Hazard, had designedthe Great Hall and indeed theentire Pavilion.The cast consisted of Dr.

Julia Bennett and RickHuffman—who presented acutting fromMacbeth, one ofShakespeare’s most popularplays in Sioux Falls theaters overthe years-- Robert Wendland,Jacinta Sutphin, and Vickie

Fuller, in cuttings from a wide range ofplays, with Sylvia Henkin as narrator andTerry Walter as accompanist. PaulaDirksen was stage manager, costumes byStephanie Hansen.

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June Event–A First in the Great Hall

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BobWendland

The cast of “Footlights to Spotlights”: Back – TerryWalter,Sylvia Henkin, Rick Huffman, Julia Pachoud Bennett,Vickie Fuller, Front – Jacinta Sutphin and BobWendland

Weather NoMatch for DakotaConferenceAttendees

Despite freezing rain and snowthat closed I-29 north ofBrookings and portions of I-90west of Mitchell, nearly 300people attended this year’s DakotaConference, held April 25-26.

At Friday night’s dinner, NormaWilson, USD professor emerita,Jerry Wilson, of South DakotaMagazine, and American IndianServices director Marilyn Lone Hillhad just completed their reading of

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Sparks from theSpring Retreat

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he Spring Retreat for the Board andNational Advisory Council was heldon May 10 in the Van Demark Board

Room. Since the first retreats of the1970s, the spring reunion of these

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Council Members present on May 10: Back -Howard Hovland, Baltic; Tom Kilian, SiouxFalls;Vernell Johnson, Lyons; Front - JimKrause, PaumaValley, CA; OrvilleWaltner,Freeman; and Herbert Hoover, Beresford.

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portions of award-winning poet AllisonHedge Coke’s Blood Run. Allisonstepped forward to read the final poem,“When the Animals Leave This Place”—

she approached the concluding lines asthe lights blinked and then went out.Without hesitation, Allison finished thepoem, from memory:

Gathering clouds converge, push,pull, push, pull forcing lightningback and forth shapingwindy, sculptured swans, mallard ducks,and giantsfrom stratocumulus media.As if they are a living cloud chamber,As if they exist only in the heavens.Air swells with dampness.

It has begun.

Following the conference, Michael J.Smith, Director and CEO of theNebraska State Historical Society, wroteto conference director Harry Thompsoncomplimenting CWS on the success ofthe conference, noting the following: “Iespecially enjoyed the passion that

Allison Hedge Coke exhibited in herpresentation on Blood Run. What agreat voice for the Plains.”

“Rivers and Plains” was the theme ofthe fortieth annual meeting ofthe Dakota Conference, anational conference dedicatedto examining contemporaryissues affecting the NorthernPlains in their historical andcultural contexts. It was thesecond in a series ontransportation, following lastyear’s look at railroads.More than 80 speakers from20 states, Canada, and Norway,participated, with nearly 40authors taking part in theautograph party on Saturday.There were eight sessions onvarious aspects of the

conference theme and several sessionson special topics, including the quartziteboundary between the Dakotas, theShetek Fool Soldiers, and future areas ofresearch in South Dakota history.

Friday’s luncheon and dinnerspeakers were Robert Goodman, authorof Paddlewheels on the Upper Mississippi,who discussed how steamboatsadvanced commerce and settlement inthe West, and Native American writerAllison Hedge Coke. Saturday’sluncheon speakers were anthropologistsL.E. Bradley and Brian Molyneaux, of theUniversity of South Dakota, specialists inMissouri River steamboat transportation.

The Award for DistinguishedContribution to the Preservation of theCultural Heritage of South Dakota andthe Northern Plains was presented bythe CWS Board of Directors to Dr.Elaine Nelson McIntosh, professoremerita, University of Wisconsin-Green

Bay, and author of The Lewis and ClarkExpedition: Food, Health, and Nutrition.

CWS extends its sympathy to ElaineMcIntosh and her family on the death ofDr. Thomas H. McIntosh. A member ofthe founding faculty at the University ofWisconsin-Green Bay, Tom was, amongmany duties, chair of the Science andEnvironmental Change Academic Unit.Tom and Elaine have three children, twoof whom attended the DakotaConference in their mother’s honor.Also present were Drs. V.R. and JoyceNelson.

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More than 35 authors spoke with attendees and signedcopies of their books at the 40th Annual DakotaConference on the Northern Plains autograph party.

Elaine Nelson McIntosh, recipient of the2008 Award for Distinguished Contributionto the Preservation of the Cultural Heritageof South Dakota and the Northern Plain,stands with CWS Board of Directors ChairLynn Aspaas and Dakota ConferenceDirector Harry Thompson.

Senior history major Kelly Goertzen presentsher paper at the Dakota Conference on theresearch she conducted while a MildredWhite Scholar in archives at CWS.

Former intern Laura Plowman speaks at theDakota Conference about some of thecollections she processed during her twoyears as a MildredWhite Scholar in the CWSarchives.

Abraham LincolnLooksWestApril 24-25, 2009

41st Annual Dakota Conferenceon the Northern PlainsIn observance of the

National Lincoln Bicentennial1809-2009

Papers and sessions assessing the impactof Lincoln and the Lincoln Administrationon South Dakota and the Northern Plains

are welcome. Send paper title withpresenter information to

[email protected] February 2, 2009.

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SUPPORT THE 2009 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGNThank you to everyone who supported our 2008 membership campaign. Our 2008-2009 fiscal year began August 1, 2008, and runs through July31, 2009. Please renew your membership today or consider joining for the first time. Our goal is 800 members and $150,000.Thank you for your support!

Benefits of membership include: first notice and guaranteed tickets to the Boe Forum, all Center newsletters and catalogs, invitations to artistic, socialand educational events, a discount to use the Center’s archives, and a 10% discount in the CWS Book & Gift Shop.

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTSFALL-WINTER 2008-2009

AUGUST27 Board of Directors meeting

SEPTEMBER3 Classes begin9-13 American Association for State

and Local History convention–Rochester, NY

11 Reception and Gallery Talk,“South Dakota The Beautiful”;Paul Schiller and Gerry & Julie Punt, CWS Galleries

19-20 South Dakota Hall of Fame–Aberdeen

24 Board of Directors meeting25-28 Northern Plains Indian Art

Market26-28 Sixth Annual Festival of Books–

Sioux Falls

OCTOBER2-5 Western Literature Association

Convention3-5 Vikings Days– Augustana’s

Homecoming16-18 West River History conference,

Rapid City22 Board of Directors meeting

NOVEMBER19 Board of Directors meeting24 Boe Forum27 Thanksgiving

DECEMBER5 Christmas Open House at the

Center5 Volunteers’ Recognition

Luncheon

12 Board and Council Retreat, andMembers and Friends AnnualChristmas Luncheon

25 Christmas Day31 End of “South Dakota The

Beautiful” gallery show

JANUARY9 Opening of the 2nd Annual

Artists of the Black Hills Show& Sale, CWS Galleries

28 Board of Directors meeting31 “A Winter’s Tale”–

Library Associates

Gifts in Honor Of…In Honor of Jerome FreemanParkinson’s Association of SD

In Honor of Jerry SimmonsLCM Pathologists PC

Gifts in Memory Of…In Memory of Helen AndersonArthur R. Huseboe

In Memory of Reuben AndersonArthur R. Huseboe

In Memory of Charles BalcerFred & Susan AderholdBob & Joey AldernGary AmbleGail AnderaAnderson Family TrustDennis & Julie AndersonAnonymousVerna BergTim BerginJames & Ardys BervenRobert & Clarice BingerDavid BlancharGil & Janice Blankespoor

Larry BorgumLois BoyceGladys BredesonRobert & Rosalie BrodinDarrell ButterwickJohn BylsmaJeanne CarterCharlotte CarverJames & Dorothy ChristophersonDonald Cooper & Terry WalterDana & Kay DahlquistNathan & Mary DallyDoris DeGrootPatricia DonahueGary & Sandra EarlJames & Diane EitrheimJean EllweinEloise ElmenEleanor EmmelSally EnsbergRobert & Lela FeuerbornRussell FjellangerGerald FlorenDon & Judith GohlDorothy GrevlosHelen GundersonRobert & Ihleen GundersonEldon & MaryAnn HallbergLeRoy & Janet HalstensonEdgar HarveyBrad & Melinda Heegel

John & Shirly HillgrenIrving & Eula HinderakerMary Ann HohmanTom HoyGrant JohnsonKent & Shirley JohnsonWallace & Doris JohnsonTom & Lorna KilianRoy & Helen KintnerJanet KurvinkDennis & Muriel LarsonHerman & Carol LerdalEugene & Marlene LintonLoken Family TrustCheryl LongsethHelen MadsenPamela HadsenVicki MadsenMorris & Edith MagnusonWilliam & Irene MatthewsAdrian & Janine MohrMichael & Kristin MurrayMilton & Ruby MutchSharon NeishWilliam & Margaret NelsenV. Ronald & Joyce NelsonJoan NorquistDoug & Fran NoteboomRichard OksolArt & Ruth OlsenGary & Rosaaen OlsonJoyce OlsonMichael & Deborah OlsonLynwood OyosAbbie PagoneVerla ParkEleanor PattonDottie PaulsonJohn & Jane PaulsonLaMoyne & Karyn PedersonHarold & Marvelyn PetersonHoward & Sandi PetersonLois RandDon & Carol RiswoldPaul & Lorna SandersAlvin & Phyllis SchockDean & Sharon SchuelerDon & Harriet ScottKent ScribnerSiouxland LibrariesViola SmithDon & Jean SneenMaizie SolemLeroy & Elisabeth StademDavid & Bonnie StavigLeslie & Carolyn SvendsenRobert & Trish SwanhorstHarry & Ronelle ThompsonBerthella ThoresonJoan TrankleRobert Jr. & Marilyn Van DemarkArlen & Betty VisteJay & Elizabeth VogtFrances WagnerSteven & Debra WallenbergMary WardChet & Delores WhitneyAlice Wick

Sue WilliamsRichard WollinMichael Woodden

In Memory of Clayton BerryL. M. Baylor

In Memory of Herb BowdenAnonymousGary & Sandra EarlArthur R. HuseboeJoyce OlsonDean & Sharon SchuelerHarry & Ronelle ThompsonJamie & Penny Volin

In Memory of Jim CrevierArthur R. Huseboe

In Memory of Bonnie GregersonArthur R. HuseboeWilliam & Ihlene Rossing

In Memory of Joan HalversonGarry & Sharon Knopf

In Memory of E. Wilford HaygemanLoken Family Trust - Ann LokenJoyce Olson

In Memory ofDorothy HokenstadDean & Sharon SchuelerHarry & Ronelle Thompson

In Memory of Milton JacobsonJoyce Olson

In Memory of Patricia JohnsonLois Boyce

In Memory of Dale LewisHarry Reiner

In Memory of Constance McDowellArthur R. Huseboe

In Memory of Alma PrelogerGary & Sandra Earl

In Memory of Robb RolfingArthur R. Huseboe

In Memory of Raymond SandvigLeelan & Karen Larsen

In Memory of Mike SpearsPhyllis HarmsenTom & Lorna KilianDean & Sharon SchuelerArlen & Betty VisteJamie & Penny Volin

In Memory of Marit TaylorRobert & Ihleen Gunderson

In Memory of Rita ThompsonGary & Sandra EarlMilton & Marjorie Hanson

In Memory of Marilyn WilliamsArthur R. Huseboe

In Memory of Anson Yeager, Sr.Mary Ann Lenker PAGE 14 • SUMMER 2008

Owen & Lois WieseMaxine WilcoxPaul & Donna Willadsen*Louis & Elizabeth WilliamsKen & Sandra WischmannNeil & Kathleen WischmannJames WisecupDavid & Barbara WitzkeDavid WolffCharles WoodardAlan WoolworthJames & Penny WosterAda YakalHoward & Elaine YoungEdward & Nancy ZawadaDennis & Karolee ZeaJerome & Cynthia ZechmannElden & Solveig ZempelRuth Ziolkowski - Crazy HorseMemorial Foundation

Matching gifts We are grateful to the followingcompanies who matched giftsthis fiscal year.

Medtronic FoundationPrudential FoundationThrivent Financial for LutheransWells Fargo FoundationXcel Energy Foundation

Other GiftsAugustana AcademyEstate of Charles BalcerL. M. BaylorPhillip BrunsEstate of Virginia DettmanBill & Rosemary DraegerFirst Lutheran ChurchTom & Ann GarryCharley & Betty GutchTony & Anne HagaArthur R. HuseboeEstate of Julius & Dorothy Jacobsen

Sandy JerstadVernell & Louise JohnsonWilliam Krause, IIKarl LeeEstate of William Beach LockeHazel LyonJohn McIntyreRichard MullerRex Myers & Susan RichardsRonald R. NelsonEstate of Hazel NervigJoyce OlsonLynwood OyosRod & Ruth ParrySXS Chapter of Nat. Philosophy& Literary Society

Richard & Michelle Van DemarkAnson Yeager, Jr.

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t the Awards Luncheon, April 25,the winners of papers presentedat the Thirty-ninth Annual

Dakota Conference on the Northern

Plains, held April 20-21, 2007, werehonored. The following papers wereselected by independent judges to beof superior merit.

40th Annual Dakota Conference Awardees

AArthur I. and Willmeta Johnson Award ($150)—amateur category

Loren H. Amundson and Donald S. Whealy,“South Dakota Central: Colton’s Early Railroad History”

Herbert W. Blakely Award ($150)—professional categoryFran Shaff, “Precious Cargo: Orphaned Children Find Homes

via the Orphan Trains”

Cedric Cummins Award ($150)—student categoryMark Huber, “Beneath Lake Sakakawea”

Richard Cropp Award ($100)—amateur categoryRobert E. Hayes, “The Early History of the Keystone Railroad Spur”

Ernest M. Teagarden Award ($100)—professional categoryJean Rahja, “J.L.W. Zietlow and the Dakota Central Telephone Company”

WS provides research support forindividuals working on dissertations,master’s theses, exhibits, books, and

articles. Those who use the resources ofthe Center are asked to place a copy oftheir publication at the Center or at leastnotify CWS of publication. Most also doand include a personal note of gratitudefor assistance in their acknowledgments.

* Fr. Ray Bucko, Creighton University,article about former Sioux Falls residentWilliam Bordeaux, a Sioux author.

* Greg Handel, Arizona State Universitydoctor of musical arts dissertation, “TheAugustana College Department of Music,1921-1973: A History.” Nominated forthe Outstanding Dissertation Award fromthe Council for Research in MusicEducation.

* Christin Hancock, Brown University Ph.D.dissertation, “Sovereign Bodies: Women,Health Care, and Federal Indian Policy,1890-1986.”

* Rails to the Rosebud: The Chicago & NorthWestern Branch Line to Winner, S.D., bookby Vernon F. Linnaus, with Michael M.Bartels (South Platte Press, NE, 2008).CWS provided photographs, including thecover image.

* “At Home and Abroad: South Dakota inWorld War II” (touring exhibit from theSouth Dakota State Historical Society).

* “Piety, Pageantry and Politics on theNorthern Great Plains: An American IndianWoman Restages Her People’s Conquestduring the Era of Assimilation (1879-1934),” article by Susan Gardner,Associate Professor of English, Universityof North Carolina at Charlotte, in Forum onPublic Policy Online: A Journal of the OxfordRound Table (Winter, 2007).

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ChemistrySymposium

WS was the site, on July 31, of theend-of-summer ResearchSymposium for the Northern Plains

Undergraduate Research Center, aconsortium of 8 schools, primarilyundergraduate, who have a nearly $3million grant from National ScienceFederation. It involves only chemistrydepartments and is designed to bringresearch into the freshman program ateach college, accomplished by putting afour-week research component intofreshman programs and by conducting10 weeks of research each summer.Sixty-three people attended and made35 poster presentations. Schoolsrepresented were the University of SouthDakota, Mt. Marty College, Briar CliffUniversity, Dordt College, Buena VistaUniversity, Sinte Gleska University, Ft.Berthold Community College in NorthDakota, and Augustana College. Dr.Gary Earl, professor of chemistry atAugustana, made the arrangements andshowed the CWS DVD to the attendees.

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CWS Providing Research Support

Joseph Nicolletand His Map:

Exploringthe Upper

Mississippi River(3rd Edition)

By Martha Coleman Bray$45.00 (cloth w/large fold-out map)

Stop into the CWS Gift & Book Shopor shop online at www.augie.edu/cws

CWS BOOK

• SUMMER 2008

THROUGH AUGUSTThe American Spirit–An Exhibition of Uncle Sam and OtherPatriotic American Images and Icons”From the Collection of Gerald E. Czulewicz Sr.

This unique exhibition wasdrawn from Czulewicz’scollection of more than 4,000Uncle Sam objects and otherpatriotic American images andicons, the largest collection ofits kind in the world. Includedin the exhibit were works bydozens of American artists,including both Thomas Nast,who first defined the basicimage of Uncle Sam, and JamesMontgomery Flagg, whocreated the most familiar imageof Uncle Sam, the famous “IWant You!” recruiting poster.

The exhibition included the only known originalphotograph of Samuel Wilson from Troy, NY, the officialprogenitor of Uncle Sam by virtue of an act of Congress in1960. Wilson was a purveyor of goods to the American ArmyTroops during the War of 1812. All of his crates and barrelswere stamped “U.S.”, which led him to being referred to asUncle Sam.Also featured were authentic costumes worn by the models

used by Flagg and Nast in the creation of their Uncle Samillustrations, magazine and book illustrations, and original artwork, posters, toys, and banks, etc. Czulewicz began collecting and researching art as a

teenager in Erie, PA, his hometown. His interest in rareAmerican books and documents led to what would become alifelong fascination with Americana, particularly the image ofUncle Sam. Czulewicz, who serves on the Center’s NationalAdvisory Council, and his wife Barbara live in Isanti, MN.

SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2008South Dakota The Beautiful Paul Schiller and Gerry & Julie Punt

South Dakota The Beautiful is a showdesigned by nature photo-artist PaulSchiller to dispel the myth that SouthDakota is dull, flat and boring. Youcan’t travel South Dakota in any seasonand not be amazed by the simple andmajestic beauty that aboundsthroughout thisgreat state. Thisshow endeavorsto give viewersnew perspectives

on colors, texture, and broad visualglimpses of the natural vistas ever presentthroughout this wondrous state.Julie and Gerry Punt’s creations in

pottery add real dimension to the show,illustrating the colors, shapes, and texturesof the land we call South Dakota.

You will also findstatements throughout the show from well-known South Dakotans that speak of thebeauty of this great land. Overall this showis the beginning of a forthcoming book bySchiller that will expand on the show’shighlights.

There will be an opening reception onThursday, September 11, 2008, from5:00-7:00 p.m. with a gallery talk at6:00 p.m. The event is free and open tothe public.

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 20092nd Annual Artists of the Black Hills Show & Sale

Enjoy the work of professional artists, artisans, and gallerieswith a common goal of establishing the Black Hills region as a prime source of art of the highest quality. The show and sale will feature more than 25 regional artists. All art work will be for sale.

In the CWS Galleries…

Jerry Czulewicz explains a pieceduring the opening reception.

Paul Schiller

Gerry Punt

Julie Punt

29th Annual Artists of thePlains Art Show & SaleFebruary 20-22, 2008Holiday Inn City Centre


28th Annual Artistsof the PlainsArt Show & SaleSponsors & Donors

Overall Sponsor:Cumulus Media/Results Radio

AnonymousArtisan House GalleriesAugustana CollegeCliff Hangers GalleryCorTrust BankCraftsman Creek Studio & Gallery - Jerry Hauck

Deerfield - First Midwest BankFamous BrandsFirst Dakota National BankFirst National BankFirst Premier Bank/Premier Bankcard

Great Western BankGary HartenhoffHegg Realtors - Gregg GohlHoliday Inn City CentreHome Federal BankArthur R. HuseboeKappenman DentalKoch Hazard ArchitectsPaul & Joni KruegerMain Street Sioux FallsMuseum of Visual MaterialsPrairie Breeze GalleryPrairie Star GalleryPride Neon SignsRoberts & AssociatesSankofa @ Monk’sSioux Falls Convention& Visitors Bureau

The Outdoor CampusThe Printing CenterValley Exchange BankWellmark Blue Cross/Blue ShieldWells Fargo BankXcel Energy

June Event 2008:Footlights to SpotlightsDonors & Sponsors

Sponsor $2,500Robert & Gerry Law

Patrons $1,000 - $2,499Arthur R. HuseboeV. Ronald & Joyce NelsonSencore, Inc. - Al Bowden

Donors $500 - $999Dick and Carole# BlandGary & Sandra EarlDave & Glenice JohnsonLewis Drug - Mark GriffinDorothy Ode MayeskeJohn McIntyreMidcontinent CommunicationsWinifred MillerSanford Health SystemsShowplace Wood Products - Tony Bour

Jerry & Gail Simmons

Contributors $250 - $499Lynn & Barbara AspaasEsther BowdenGary & Mary BrendtroCitibank of South Dakota

Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz, & Smith

First Bank & TrustJerome and Mary FreemanTom & Ann GarryHoward & Eunice HovlandKoch Hazard ArchitectsLodgenet EntertainmentHelen MadsenNorth Star Publishing -Gary & Pat Webber

Joyce OlsonThe Printing CenterDean & Sharon SchuelerU. S. BankJamie & Penny VolinOrville WaltnerBruce & Karel WilliamsXcel Energy

Sustainers $60 - $249Loren & Mavis AmundsonDuane & Margaret AndersonCurt & Marilyn BloemendaalLois BoyceDavid & Cathy BrechtelsbauerKate CampbellDelores ClevelandDarlene ColwillDonald Cooper & Terry WalterJim & Judy DedricksonJean EllweinBob & Rita ElmenDeLoris EricksonDennis & Jean EricksonFrank & Jan GibbsBob & Kaden GreenfieldCharley & Betty GutchDick & Edna HaaseTony & Anne Haga

Lillian HahnMilt & Marjorie HansonBob & Mim HazardMarilyn HeggJohn & Nancy HoskinsHarriet HybertsonCynthia JohnsonDavid W. JohnsonJanet Hovey JohnsonJeffrey JohnsonSelmer & Lois JohnsrudTom & Lorna KilianPaul & Joni KruegerRich & Shirley LauerErika LehmannJanet LysoMike & Beth MacDonaldMorrie & Edith MagnusonIngolf & Marilyn MaurstadCarolyn McClainLes & Bev MillerRichard MullerDiedrik & Doris NelsonJim & Carol OaklandArt & Ruth OlsenLynwood OyosMartin & Mary OyosGene & Ruth ParkerJohn & Trudy PeckhamSharon PrendergastJohn & Jane RasmussenRon & Margaret RobinsonRon & Martha RossingWilliam & Ihlene RossingMarilyn SchmuttererHarry & Ronelle ThompsonWarren & Cindy TingleKeith & Rebecca WendlandWoods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith

Richard & Hazel PearsonJohn & Trudy Peckham*Edward & Charlotte Peters*A. Richard & Bev Petersen*Charles & Delilah Petersen*Barbara PetersonGarneth PetersonGlen & Irene Peterson*Randolph & Dorothy Peterson*Truman & Nancy PhelanKathryn PieplowWilliam & Priscilla PochardtHarry & Pauline PoletesP. A. PowellBob & Barbara Preloger*Preserve South DakotaSusan RadostiLaura RaedekeJean RahjaAlma ReineckeElizabeth RezekBarbara RiesDon & Carol Riswold*Larry RitterOpal Rogness*

David & Leona Rokke*Fred & Sally RosinAndy Rotman-ZaidSuzanne Rusch*Michael SabaDonovan & Dorothy Salberg*Melvin & Clara Samuelson*Kay SandersonRoger & Linda SandnessGeraldine SanfordRoy & Dorothy Satre*Mary Lee ScarbroughVerona SchillerRobert SchneidersMarjorie SchoonSusan Schrader*Palmer & Marjorie SchragFlorence Schubert*Harold & Leona SchulerDon & Harriet ScottReed & Karin ScottSouth Dakota State Historical Society

Steven & Lupe Seim*Marlys Shaff

Tim & Melissa ShattuckWilliam & Beverly Simpson*Robert SimsE.S. & Lois Skaar*Don & Jean Sneen*Vance & Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve

Jon & Kristy Sogn*Anna Spilde*Ole & Vivian StalheimRolland & Sandy SteinbergRobert & Arlene Stenberg*Richard & Jeannine SteneLloyd & Dorothy Stivers*Kirstine StjernholmMilo & Arvella Stokke Kathleen StokkerRobert & Maureen SugaLeslie & Carolyn Svendsen*Paul & Dorothy Swanberg*Robert & Katherine TalleyRichard & Karen TellinghuisenVerna TellinghuisenBrad & Melissa TennantDonald & Bethel Thompson

Robert & Mary ThompsonTed ThomsSam ThorpeDavid & Mary TidwellVern TimmermanDavid & Benita TimpeRalph & Kathleen TingleyWalter & Ardith Tofteland*Bert Tollefson & Jeanne Kinney-Tollefson

Steven VanBockernRoland & Marlys VantHulGloria VatneAl & Lois VogeleJay & Elizabeth VogtJames & Violet WehdeLonis WendtJohn & Peggy WhalenRobert & Kaye WhitmoreChester & Delores Whitney

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Rod & Jean CarlsonWill & Darlene CarlsonC. Bruce & Dorothea Chamberlin*Mary ChildPaul & Judy ChildKeith Christensen & Dawn Deines Christensen*

Stanley & Sandra ChristophersonDelores ClevelandKay CoddingtonMaurice & Cora ConnerGary & Kathleen ConradiShon Cronk*Marjorie DannenbringDennis & Donna DarringtonJohn B. DavisRichard Davis & Jean Morrow

John DayBetty DeBergBarbara DeloriaMildred Dick*Neva DobbsRuss & Rhonda DuerksenWilliam DunnEBSCO - University of OsloNorman & Muriel Ekeland*Craig & Angela EllerbroekJean Ellwein*Eloise ElmenEleanor Emmel*Sally Ensberg*Fred & Ann EntwistleDon & Judy Erickson*Gene & Betty Erickson*Kirsten EricksonAnn EsseRichard & Carol EvenMarvin & Pamela EvensonEdward EverettWayne FanebustKen & Crystal FeddersMary Jane FennRobert & Lela FeuerbornFeuerstein & AssociatesBarb Vavruska FishJeannette FiskumBeverly Barnes FixDon & Kathleen FjellestadPaula Huey FoxDeborah GangloffKen & LaVonne GasparTom & Alice GasqueJudy GenslerDarlene GeorgeLouise GervaisRobert GiebinkJason & Rebecca Glaser*William GoebelLarry & Pam Goehring*Vance & Sherry Goldammer*Robert GoodmanMichael & Marnie GouldNels & DeAnna GranholmJames & Ruth GremmelsDorothy Grevlos*John GubbrudRobert & Ihleen GundersonMildred HaanJoseph & Barbara HaasLeRoy & Janet HalstensonRichard & Joanne Hanson*Phyllis Harmsen*Selmer & Mary Hatlestad*Michael & Jean HaugDavid HeckenlivelyRobert & Grace HeegeBrad & Melinda HeegelBill & Susan HeggMerle & DeLoris HeidenreichSylvia HenkinMaxine HildebrandtVerna HillNorman & Darlene HoferTim HoheiselMary Ann Hohman*

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George & Kay LundbergJanet Lyso*Morris & Edith Magnuson*Bruce & Dianne MairCharles Mandsager*Maryanna ManfredJohn MannEdward & Eunice Mansfield*John & Elnear MarshmanJeff & Jane MaschinoWilliam & Carol MashekGreg & Shari MatternRobert & Delpha MattisonSteve Matzner & Jetty Duffy Matzner*

Ingolf & Marilyn MaurstadCarolyn McClainMichael & Judy McCormick*Marilyn McGriffLyle & Gloria McKichanMarie Mc KittrickJoan McMillinHerb & Dorothy Mikkelson*Hazel MoeRichard MoeMary MontoyaPatrick MorrowDavid & Joanne MortonEdith MueckeMike & Carol MullinWarner & Joan Muns*David & Linda MunsonWilliam & Virginia MyersRobert Nady*Carlyle & Janet Naessig*Robert NatzSharon NeishJulie NelsonMargot Nelson*Diedrik & Doris Nelson*Nancy Owen NelsonPaula Huey NelsonTheron & Connie NelsonTom & Ruth NeubergerCraig NeumeisterNielsen Insurance - Terry NielsenJohn & Valoy NordlieNorma NowotnyDavid & Jeanne Ode*James & Ruth Ode*Harold & Linda O'DonnellDennis & Carol Ohrtman*Elsie Oksol*Sharon OlbertsonJames & Beverly OliverGreg & Susan OlsenCurtis & Patricia OlsonGreg & Rita OlsonJames OlsonPaul & Joan OlsonJohn OsmanFrank & Dee OwensGarry & Sheryl PapkeShirley ParksBill & Jean PattisonHoward & LouAnn Paulson

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40th Annual DakotaConferenceDonors & Sponsors

South Dakota Humanities Council

Loren & Mavis AmundsonTom# & Elaine McIntoshRichard & MichelleVan Demark

Mellon Fund Committee of Augustana College

Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission

Jamie & Penny VolinBlair & Linda TremereRex Myers & Susan Richards

Miles & Marilyn BrowneKaren CardenasDakotah Corral, Westerners International

Del DuncanLavonne HelmerBernie HunhoffJoan JencksJ. F. KrierDavid KvernesPatrick LearyJohn McIntyreCorrine L. MarzCarol MashekMinnehaha County Historical Society

Nancy Owen NelsonV. R. NelsonJean RahjaJanet & Grove RathbunElwin E. RogersHelen SchuckJerry & Gail SimmonsRobert & Sharon SteensmaRobert G. WebbMichael WilliamsAlan R. Woolworth

ust more than a year and a half intothe five year campaign to increase theCenter’s endowment, $376,000 ingifts and pledges have been

committed toward the goal of $1.2 million.This is 31 percent of the goal.

The campaign will provide endowmentsupport for the archives and library, artprogram and educational exhibits, DakotaConference, publications program, and theFantle Building Fund. The effort is part ofthe College’s $120 million MomentumAugustana Campaign.

In April a $300,000 challenge grantrequest to the National Endowment forthe Humanities (NEH) was resubmitted. Ifthe grant is approved, the NEH willprovide a 4:1 match, including matchingall of the gifts received to date.

The capital component of thecampaign is to raise $150,000 forcompact shelving for the archives. Todate, we have received $71,618.

Thank you to the many individuals whohave supported the campaign so far. Wewill be meeting with many individuals overthe next few months and encourage youto carefully consider your involvement.Pledges can be paid over five years.

For more information, please contactPaul Krueger, director of development, at 605.274.4912 or 800.727.2844 ext. 4912.

JCWS Endowment Campaign Tops $375,000

“The Center is one of theprograms of the College thatmakes us unique in the region.It is a center of excellence onour campus. This endowmentcampaign will enhance theCenter’s programs andbenefit the entire region.”

Rob OliverAugustana College President

Archives & Library Program $ 250,000 $ 191,379Art Exhibits & Programs $ 250,000 $ 55,250Dakota Conference $ 250,000 $ 35,500Publications Program $ 250,000 $ 1,950Fantle Building Fund $ 150,000 $ 10,250Other Endowment Support $ 50,000 $ 81,500Total $1,200,000 $ 375,829

Goal Gifts & Pledges

Consider NamingCWS in YourEstate Plan

“Leave a Legacy” is a messageyou may have seen recently onbillboards across South Dakota andthe nation. It’s a campaign beingconducted by the NationalCommittee on Planned Giving toinspire people to make charitablebequests.

The message is a good reminderthat through a will or estate plan weall have the opportunity to make adifference for our families, churches,and organizations that we areassociated with.

In an effort to ensure a strongCenter for Western Studies into thefuture - beyond all of our lifetimes -we have set a goal of adding 30 newmembers and at least $1 million ingift expectancies to the CWSHeritage Club, our planned givingsociety, in the next several years. Todate, the Center has more than 75individuals in its Heritage Club,totaling at least $2.3 million in giftexpectancies. We have added eightindividuals and more than$295,000 in gift expectancies sinceJanuary of 2007.

What will your legacy be? Weurge you to consider including theCenter for Western Studies in yourestate plans ensuring that futuregenerations will be able to enjoy thecollections, programs, and facility foryears to come.

For more information, pleasecontact Paul Krueger, director ofdevelopment, at 605.274.4912 or800.727.2844 ext. 4912.


Montileaux On Campusonald Montileaux of Rapid City, whose showand sale, "Transition of an Artist", was featuredin the CWS galleries March through May, spoke

to Tom Shields' Augustana art class in May.Montileaux spoke about how he has made being anartist his full-time career. He also spoke about ledgerart and answered questions from the students.

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Do you need a program idea for yourservice club, church group, or otherorganization? CWS has a wonderfuleight minute video available for you toshow. Or, any member of the CWS staffis willing to come to your meeting, showthe video, and speak about the Centerand its programs. Call 605.274.4007for more information.

National Advisory Council memberGerald Czulewicz, whose “Uncle Sam”show is on display here until the end ofAugust, made the front page of the LakeCounty News-Chronicle this spring. He ispictured in the midst of rescuing a muralthat depicts farm and town life duringthe Depression era. The artist, CharlesMorgan, painted the scenes as a WPAproject on the wall of the Two Harbors,MN, High School auditorium, slated fordemolition this spring. Czulewiczconsiders the murals—tempura onconcrete—to belong to the WPAtradition of artwork that is meant “toinstill a sense of abundance, industry,and accomplishment in the midst of theDepression.” Congratulations, Jerry!

In mid-July, word was received fromthe Deupree Family Foundation(Windsor Locks, CT) that the Centerhas been awarded a grant of $2500 tosupport the Hoover "Native AmericanRenaissance" project. For a three-decade period, Dr. Herbert Hoover, ofthe University of South Dakota,photographically recorded the spiritualrenaissance in Sioux life in the NorthernPlains. From the many thousands ofphotos and accompanying notes he hasselected the most significant images andhas thus constructed a digital archivethat is being housed at the Center. Anoted scholar of Sioux history andculture, Hoover is the author of orcontributor to several books, includingThe Sioux and Other Native AmericanCultures of the Dakotas and A New SouthDakota History. In addition, Hoover hasplaced copies at CWS of hisunpublished multi-volume "SiouxCountry Encyclopedia," a distillation ofhis many years of study and analysis ofthe Sioux people.

Lillian Johnsson was named therecipient of the Jennie Award, given bythe national headquarters of the GeneralFederation of Women’s Clubs,Washington, D.C., at the state chapter’sannual conference in Spearfish in April.This places Lillian in the regionalcompetition.

The Midwest Archives Conference,the nation’s largest regional archivesorganization, carried a notice aboutEastman Kodak’s cooperative projectwith CWS to publish Impressions of TribalLife in its July 2008 issue. Thanks againto National Advisory Council memberJeffrey Hayzlett for his work infacilitating this project.

During his campaign stop in SiouxFalls, Sen. Barack Obama received abeaded bolo from Arvol LookingHorse. Since candidates cannot keepdonations, Senator Obama offered todonate the bolo to CWS “in order toexpand awareness of the NativeAmerican culture.”

During the renovation of AugustanaCollege’s Mikkelsen Library, CWS isproviding office and work space for onelibrarian and two library assistants. Theaggressive library renovation schedulecalls for completion of the 1954building in the fall and the 1980addition in January 2009.

The 21st Annual Northern PlainsAutograph Party once again attractedauthors from throughout the region andthe nation to the Dakota Conference.Among the participants at the April 26event were several national prize winners,including President’s HumanitiesMedalist Virginia Driving-Hawk Sneveand Donald Montileaux, winner of fivenational prizes for his illustrations ofTatanka and the Lakota People. Over$3,000 worth of books were sold bythe 40 authors attending; both numbersare new records for the DakotaConference.

Congratulations as well to Councilmember Dr. Virginia Driving-HawkSneve, who was awarded an honorarydegree from South Dakota StateUniversity this spring. Virginia, whosestories about Sioux Indian life have won

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Krueger Movesto AugustanaDevelopmentOffice; he willcontinue to seekmajor & plannedgifts for CWS

Paul Krueger, the Center’sDirector of Development the pasttwo years, transitioned to theAugustana Development Office inJune. His role is to continue towork on the Center’s EndowmentCampaign, as well as major andplanned gifts for CWS. He willalso be seeking major gifts for allaspects of Augustana College, anideal opportunity for theAugustana graduate and formeralumni director.

“I am excited to continue to beinvolved with CWS and its donors,but also to build relationshipswith other donors of the College,”Krueger said. “This is a morefocused role on development,which will benefit the Center andits goals.”

The Center will be replacingKrueger with an individual focusedon membership, grants, eventsincluding the Artists of the PlainsArt Show & Sale and the Junedinner-theater event, managingthe Center’s art gallery and artcollection, the newsletter, andmaintaining the website.

Lowell & Anabel# Larson*Richard & Shirley LauerLeague of Women VotersMary Lerdal & Patrick BadiukPeter Lieberman & Carla FauskeSteven & Patricia LindquistNaomi LinnellSandra LooneyJohn & Roberta LovaldDonald & Barbara MackintoshGeorge & Jeanne ManserCarolyn MarguliesEugene & Mary Ann MarkoFred & Carol Matthies*Duane & Irene MatzNancy McCahrenCharles & Mary Ann McCoyEugene & Susan McGowanHelen McGuireDavid & Clara MelinWinifred MillerGary & Geneva MolzenKent & Judith MorstadDarrell & Marilyn Moseson*Richard MullerMilton & Ruby MutchWilliam & Margaret Nelsen*Richard NiebuhrNorth Central IntercollegiateAthletic Conference

Doug & Fran Noteboom*Roy & Dorie NybergJim & Carol Oakland*Robert & Kristine O'ConnellDorcas OdeGordon & Mila OdeJon & Julie Oien*Alan & Val OlnessArt & Ruth Olsen*Roy OlsenBert & Cindy OlsonGary & Rosaaen OlsonMichael & Deborah Olson*Mark & Matilda OppenheimerVerla Park Gene and Ruth ParkerKevin & Janice PaulsonDouglas & Sandra PayRoger & Estelle Pearson*LaMoyne & Karyn Pederson*Alice PetersenHoward & Sandi Peterson*Lloyd PetersonCraig & Karen PfeiferLee & Merna PirletRussell & Irma PohlFranklin & Marit PudasGrove & Janet RathbunHarry ReinerJack & Joyce RentschlerLoreli Reuter*James & Deborah ReynoldsLarry RitzRon & Margaret RobinsonRita RobisonCharles & Helen RognessWilliam & Ihlene Rossing*Ron & Martha Rossing*

Jerry & Cheryl Sawatzke Routh*Paul & Janice RudSpencer & Sharon RuffMichael RyanShirley RyanVirgil SandvigDuane & Diane SatherPaul & Koni SchillerJames & Sally SchnatterlyWilliam & Barbara SchoenwetterMatthew & Audrey Schuller*Greg & Karen Schultz*Garry & Gloria ScottKent ScribnerSD American Guild of OrganistsGeorge & Margaret ShurrJohn & Mary Simko*Sioux Falls Area CommunityFoundation

Alton & Elaine SmedstadCharline SmithJon & Pam SoderholmMaizie Solem#*South Dakota Magazine -Bernie Hunhoff

South Dakota Synod ELCAKen & Lois Stangeland*Dorothy StavigBlaine & MariAnne SteinbergDave & Shirley StensethMary Louise Stoller*Lowell StortzMatt & Helen SuttonDon & Irene Swenson*Mary TheodosenJohn & Lee ThomasCharles Thompson*William & Anne ThompsonBert & Dolly TiesenWarren & Cynthia TingleErling ToftelandBill & Mary TornessDavid TraskValley Exchange Bank -Roger Haugo*

Beulah Van BockernOrval Van DeestRobert & Marianne Vatne*Stanley & Darlene Vik*Mark Viste*Loyd & Donna WagnerRobert Webb*Steven & Bernette WeierPeter & Evelyn WierengaBruce & Karel Williams*James & Marlene WinkerMichael WorcesterBill & Barbara WyattTerry & Stephanie YeagerTom & Lynne Zimmer

Contributor $50 - $99Robert & Anne AbyDuane & Eva Addison*Fred & Susan Aderhold*Bill & Karol AeschlimannJames & Bonnie AgetonDean AhrendtRon & Lois Ahrendt

Sally Ahrendt*Duane & Mary AlbersBob & Joey Aldern*Greg & Beth AmbleRon Breske & Stephanie Andersen-Hjerrild

Kenneth & Pearl AndersonMiriam Anderson*Shirley AndersonO. Larry Anderson & Marilyn Pruitt

Kathy AntonenDavid Aronson & Marilyn Carlson Aronson

William AshleyKen & Margaret AspaasRonald & Ellie BackerWilliam & Martha BakerRandy & Pam BartunekMarilyn BatesKen & Jean Bauge*Robert & Phyllis BellBob & Liz BennettTom Bennett & Julia Pachoud Bennett

LeRoy & Celia BensonLyle BensonBrian & Marlys BernhardDonald & Leona Bierschbach

Robert & Clarice Binger*Bruce & Rita BlakeGilbert & Janice BlankespoorDan & Rebecca BluePearl BoeEarl & Betty BonackerArnold & Peggy BortnemLoren & Sheila Boyens*Helen BoyerRoger & Karen Braaten*David & Cathy BrechtelsbauerLarry & Janna BrendtroLaurence & Penny BreslowF. Dale & Phyllis BreuerRichard & Sue Brown*Miles & Marilyn BrowneLester & Alice BrueGlenn & Barbara BrueskeGrerald & Patricia BrugetMatt & Lisa BrunickC. Charles & Jean BuchlerRichard BucksteadBruce & Beverly BundayCharles & Mary BurkeEleanor Burkman


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CWS Heritage Club

We are grateful to the membersof the Center for WesternStudies’ Heritage Club.Members have indicated thatthey have included the Centerin their estate plans. If yourname is not on the list and youhave included CWS in yourestate plans or if you areinterested in joining, pleasecontact Paul Krueger, directorof development, at605.274.4912 or [email protected]. New members are inducted atthe Christmas Luncheon eachDecember.

AnonymousLynn & Barbara AspaasCharles Balcer#Marilyn BatesLes & Mary# BaylorEsther A. BowdenGerald & Anne ChristophersonNancy CraigJim & Judy DedricksonVirginia Dettman#Bob# & Lil EvensonSally Fantle#Sven# & Marion FroilandArie GaalswykFrank & Jan GibbsCarol Rae Hansen

Wiliam D. HarveyJeffrey W. HayzlettHoward & Eunice HovlandArthur R. HuseboeHarriet HybertsonLois Boe Hyslop#Gil & Lillian JohnssonEthel Koller#Dennis & Sandra KrauseJim & Roselyn KrauseRobert & Gerry LawLeland & Ardis LillehaugWilliam Beach Locke#Janet LysoShirley & Lyndon# KingFred & Carol MatthiesLes & Bev MillerRichard MullerRuth Muller#Rex Myers & Susan RichardsRonald R. NelsonV.R. & Joyce NelsonHazel Lovald Nervig#Lynwood OyosLaMoyne & Karen PedersonMerle Pflueger#Harry ReinerRollyn SampDean & Sharon SchuelerA. Kent ScribnerPaul# & Dorothy SwanbergLloyd & Anne SvendsbyeHarry & Ronelle ThompsonHarold# & Mary Torness

# - deceased

Bill & Rosemary DraegerRichard & Mary Froiland*Larry & Suzanne FullerRobin Coon & Carol GroetkenMilt & Marjorie Hanson*John HarrisJohn & Nancy HoskinsHowalt-McDowell Insurance, Inc.NancyJane HuehlHuman Engineering Solutions - Pat Berry

Vernell & Louise JohnsonAnne KingPaul & Joni Krueger*Allen & Brenda LewisAgnes LokkeMichael & Elizabeth MacDonaldPamela MadsenVicki MadsenRobert & Glennys MeerdinkC. P. "Buck" MooreJeff & Mary Jo MurrayLarry & Diane NessMargaret Novak*Rob & Angela OliverFrank & Karen Olson*Joyce Olson*Martin & Mary Oyos*Rod & Ruth ParryScott & Patty Peters*John & Jane Rasmussen*Eric & Kelli RolfsmeyerArdyce Samp FamilyShowplace Wood Products -Tony Bour

Eleanor Sigurdson*

Gene & Ann SmithLance & Ann Marie SmithDavid & Sandra SolbergRobert & Sharon SteensmaVernon & Ronda StenslandBob & Trish Swanhorst*Harry & Ronelle Thompson*Loren & Jean TschetterPatsy Uken & Larry NelsonMyron & Joan Van BuskirkRobert Jr. & Marilyn Van DemarkArlen & Betty Viste*Jamie & Penny VolinOrville WaltnerKarl & Margaret Cash WegnerDuane Weisshaar*

Explorer $100 - $249Marian Aaker*Ruth Ann AlexanderAmerican Association of University Women

Delores Wennblom Anderson*Duane & Margaret Anderson*Margaret AndersonO.M. & Karen Anderson*L.D. AndrewsFrank & Clare AplanAda ArminGail & Susan ArnottFayella Aspaas*Annette AtkinsCharles & Carol AustinAvera Heart Hospital of SDTom BatchellerRon & Janell Beck*Christopher & Lori BerdahlMarjorie Weinberg Berman

Todd & Marilyn BernhardBrian & Marilyn BerryLyle & Cathy Bien*Curt & Marilyn BloemendaalWayne & Sally BoeseEarl & Helen Bohlen*George & Faye BoomLois BoyceBonnie BraendlinTom & Sue BrakkeJohn Brannian & Anita KealeyRobert & Rosalie BrodinGregg Brown & Stephanie Peterson

Stan & Terri BrueDenis BruggemanDavid & Jean Brunkow*Phillip BrunsJohn & Cindy BultenaBonnie BunchCharles & Barbara Bunk*Mary BurnetteCoralie BushSusan CallahanGary & Dorothy Carlson*Jim CarlsonDuane & Susan Jensen-CekallaBruce & Janna ChristensenCharles & Clara ClayCurt & Joan ClevenMark CollinsPaul & Mary Ellen ConnellyJudy CoresonRebekah CradduckNancy CraigMarshall DamgaardRoger & Gloria DamgaardWilliam & Arlyce DaughertyWarren & Phyllis Day*Kirk & Stephanie DeanRoscoe and Lucile DeanTom & Kathryn DeanJames & Judith Dedrickson*Ray & Ruth DunmireKen & Sandra EbenJohn & Janice EganNorris & Carolyn EinertsonNorman & Clarice Eitrheim*Wendell & Dee Elliott*Robert & Cynthia Ellsworth*Glen & Carla EngWendell & Kathryn Erickson*David & Jan EvansGarold & Joyce FaberBerin FiteJoe & Elaine FloydJohn & Margaret FowlerDarold & Margaret FredricksJerry & Mary FreemanMarion Froiland*Tom & Amy Froiland*Greg & Corrine Ganske*Frank & Jan GibbsFlorence GoertzBruce & Christel GollnickDwayne & Lynette GorderRobert Greenfield*Russell & Carol Greenfield

Richard & Bonnie# Gregerson*Charley & Betty GutchRichard & Edna Haase*Curt & Glenda Hage*David & Deborah Hagemeier*Doug & Anne HajekWesley & Beverly Halbritter*Bruce & Nancy Halverson*Richard & Dianne HansonDavid & Elizabeth HardyJason & Wanda HarrisMary Ann HarrisonDale & Linda HartSteve & Susan HauffPaul & Judith HauffeBob & Mim HazardJeff & Sheila HazardPeter & Marilyn Hegg*Ed & Joan HoganWilliam HoganTim & Pam HomanCharles HowlinH. L. & Maureen Diggins-Hutcheson

Harriet Hybertson*Lowell & Norma HylandGordon & Trudy Iseminger*Ralph & Ginny IversonTilford IversonDon & Terry Jacobs*Bob & Shirley JamisonRichard & Mary Jo JaquaCharles & Annette Jarratt*Lucille JelliffeDon & Phyllis JerkeMike & Kelly JerstadClayton JohnsonJudith Johnson*Wallace & Doris Johnson*Wilford & Jean JohnsonGil & Lillian JohnssonJohn JonesRandall JorgensenGlenn & Phyllis Jorgenson - River Park Foundationn

Frances Kilen*Tom & Lorna Kilian*Roy & Helen KintnerDan & Arlene KirbyRichard & Gail KleinDavid & Deanna KnudsonJohn & Marjorie Knudson*Dennis & Mary Ann KnutsonWayne & Esther Knutson*Gilmore & Dorothy Koepsell*Robert & Jane KolbeDennis & Sandra KrauseWilliam KrauseDelmar & Marlys KroonBill & Alice Kruse*James & Jill KullbomWayne Kvam & Madhu MitraDavid KvernesPeg Lamont#Donald & Roberta LangerockLeelan & Karen Larsen

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Donors to Research andArt Collections

Richard AklandLowell AndersonJanet Sutherland AronsonMartha BakkenCharles A. BerdahlMarguerite BergrenMyrene BungeEpiscopal Diocese of South Dakota

Arley FadnessMaggie FinkEastman Kodak CompanyJacquelyn Jones GunnarsonChristin HancockEnid HansingRoger HaugoHerbert T. HooverEdward A. HowellMilt Husby/Sioux Falls Rotary Club

Arthur HuseboeGil and Lillian JohnssonRobert LockenMinnehaha Mandskor

Denton MorrisonKent and Judy MorstadMichael MullinLarry NessRoger Nordstrom EstateBarack ObamaLaura PlowmanCarol RiddlespergerHelen SchuckGregory ScottConstance SchmidtCity of Sioux Falls/Parks and Recreation (Sioux Falls Municipal Band)

David and Sandra SolbergMaizie Solem#Arvella StokkeJean TuohinoMyrtle Twedt FamilyValley Springs Federated Church/Georgia Bender

James P. VolinJoann M. WagnerReneé WaringBruce and Karel WilliamsMargaret H. Wilson


her many recognitions, including theUnited States President’s HumanitiesMedal, is a frequent presenter andauthor at the Dakota Conference andAutograph Party.

The South Dakota Festival ofBooks will be celebrated in Sioux Fallson September 26, 27, and 28. Plan tovisit the Center’s booth when youattend, manned again this year by Boardmembers Lynn Aspaas and Tony Hagaand wives Barbara and Anne. OnSaturday morning, September 27 in theHoliday Inn City Centre, ExecutiveDirector Art Huseboe will introduce theCenter’s latest publication, HerbertKrause’s Birding in the Northern Plains(edited by Ronald R. Nelson). One ofthe featured presenters at the Festivalwill be novelist Louise Erdrich, whoseLove Medicine won the National BookCritics Award and whose new novel TheMaster Butchers Singing Club is featuredin the “One Book South DakotaProgram.” Louise and CWS memberDan Emmel of Minneapolis weremarried on August 8.

Jay Vogt, director of the SouthDakota State Historical Society, hasbeen named to the National HistoricPreservation Program Structure ReviewPanel. He is also president of theNational Conference of State HistoricPreservation Officers.

CWS Executive Director ArtHuseboe's biography will appear in thecoming edition of Who's Who in America.2009 is a milestone year for Whos' Who,marking its 110th year of publication.

Several CWS members have passed awayin recent months:

We note with sadness the passingthis July of Mrs. Peg Lamont, ofAberdeen, a long-time state legislatorand a long-time supporter of the DakotaConference. Peg was a frequentpresenter and continued to attend inspite of health problems, weather, anddistance. In 1975, the Conferencerecognized Peg’s support with the“Distinguished Contribution Award.”She was only the fourth person to be sohonored and was the first woman. Our

sympathy to Peg’s family and to hermany friends.

Dr. Tom McIntosh, 77, Green Bay,WI, passed away on April 2, 2008. Hewas the husband of Dr. Elaine NelsonMcIntosh, a member of the Center’sNational Advisory Council, and brother-in-law to CWS Board member Dr. V.R.Nelson. We extend our sympathy toElaine, their three sons, and extendedfamily.

Dr. Maizie Solem, 87, Sioux Falls,SD, died on June 29, 2008. Dr. Solemserved on the Augustana College Boardof Trustees for many years and was ateacher, consultant or administratorfrom 1942 to 1989. We extend oursympathy to her family.

Paul Swanberg, 70, of HolmesBeach, FL, and Omaha, NE, died June 7,2008. Paul was a 1959 Augustanagraduate. We extend our sympathy tohis wife Dorothy and their family.

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Chairman Lynn Aspaaswith the teepee he had justset up for the Nordland Fest(June 21-22). The Center has

traditionally sent ED Art Huseboeto man a booth at the Fest.The teepee was bought

years ago from the cast of themovie Dances with Wolves.

he CWS Board of Directors hasvoted to reprint, pending funding, ANew South Dakota History, the only

completely new history ofSouth Dakota in forty years.Originally published in 2005,the 664-page book is usedby classes at four of thestate’s universities and,through grant funds, wasplaced in every school librarythroughout South Dakota.

A New South DakotaHistory has received praisefrom several reviewers. SouthDakota Magazine declared it“a gift to South Dakota,” andGreat Plains Quarterly called it“detailed, readable, andbrings the South Dakota story in its manyfacets completely up to date, a greatservice to the public and to scholarsworking in the field of Great Plains,agricultural, or Native American history.”

The American Library Association’s journalChoice wrote the following: “Almost notopic is neglected…an excellent resource

made especially accessibleby the topical chapters.Summing Up: Highlyrecommended. Alllibraries, especially thosein the Great Plains, and forresearchers at all levels.”Major donors to the

original edition wereHoward and EuniceHovland, Bob Elmen andthe Elmen FamilyFoundation, Sheldon F.Reese Foundation, SiouxFalls Area CommunityFoundation, and South

Dakota Community Foundation. Anadditional grant from Anson and Ada MayYeager made it possible to distribute freecopies to every school library in the state.

CWS to Reprint A New South DakotaHistory

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he Center is most pleased toannounce that the Sioux Falls AreaFoundation has once again awarded

the $5,000 Julius and Dorothy JacobsenInternship to Andrew Erickson, AugustanaCollege senior from Humboldt, SD.Andrew, a Theatre major, spent theacademic year 2007-2008 as an intern atthe Center, researching the history of livetheater on Sioux Falls stages over the past130 years. Among the results—a listingof more than 7,000 performances and theproduction, with cast and direction byAndrew, of a fund-raising dinner-theaterproduction, “Footlights to Spotlights.”Congratulations, Andrew!

Andrew EricksonAwarded JacobsenInternship Again

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Former Interns UpdateFormer CWS intern Tim Hoheisel, has been named executive director of the

Cather Foundation, Red Cloud, NE. A Gustavus Adolphus alum who interned atCWS in 1997 in conjunction with his graduate program in public history at St.Cloud State University, Tim is past director of Bonanzaville and the CodingtonCounty Historical Society.

Antonia Dauster recently completed her Masters in Library Science, with aconcentration in archives, at the University of Denver. She is currently living inPhoenix and searching for a library/archives position. Originally from Michigan,Toni interned in the archives in 2005 as part of her M.A. in historicaladministration at Eastern Illinois University.

Laura Plowman (Augustana ’06), completing a graduate internship thissummer at CWS, taught government at Roosevelt High School in the fall of lastyear and did substitute teaching in the Sioux Falls School District in the spring.She has accepted a position as a public services library technician at the BriggsLibrary at South Dakota State University, working in circulation and governmentdocuments.

Kelly Goertzen (Augustana ’08), who completed her year-long internship inarchives at CWS in May 2008, has received a deferment of her admission andteaching assistantship at Colorado State University, because of health concerns.We wish Kelly a speedy recovery!

After a year of graduate study at the University of South Dakota, KelliKappenman (Augustana ’07) married Canaan Dane Petersen (Augustana ’07) onMay 24th in St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Montrose, SD. She and Dane plan tomake their home in Las Vegas, whether for work or further graduate work is notcertain at this point.

WS and the City of Sioux Falls lost agood friend on April 5, 2008, whenMike Spears passed away. Mike lost

his battle to cancer at the age of 61. A long-time

member of theCenter’s Board ofDirectors andproponent of CWSand its programs,Mike was also veryinvolved in the SiouxFalls community,particularly withAmerican IndianServices, NorthernPlains Tribal Arts, andthe Multi-CulturalCenter. He alsocoached basketball, softball, and served asa Scoutmaster.

Mike was an enrolled member of theLower Brule Sioux Tribe and shared hisculture and wisdom with youth and adults.For the last two years he volunteered as a

mentor for Native American boys. In October of 2007 Mike was a

nominee for the Sioux Falls HumanRelations Commission’s first annual

Humanitarian Award.Mike founded

The Printing Center,Inc. in 1983. He andhis business havesupported theCenter for WesternStudies by serving asits main printer andproviding in-kindsupport for variousprograms.

Blessed forhaving shared his lifeare his wife, Diane;

his sons Shane (Shawn), Shadrack(Jennifer), and Eric (GaVae), ninegrandchildren, a great granddaughter, hismother, two brothers, three sisters, as wellas many extended family members, friends,and employees.

CWS Remembers Mike Spears

CThe Quartzite Border:

Surveying and Marking theNorth Dakota-South Dakota

Boundary, 1891-1892By Gordon L. Iseminger

$29.95 (paper w/sewn binding)

Impressionsof Tribal Life:The ReverendAmbrose MattinglyPhotographicCollection-(EastmanKodak Co.)

Editied by Harry F. Thompson,with essays by Thompson andHerbert T. Hoover $19.95

CWS BOOKS

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Plainsman $5,000 - $9,999Les BaylorShirley KingRobert & Gerry Law

Westerner $2,500 - $4,999William D. HarveyRonald R. NelsonJerry & Gail SimmonsTorness Family Foundation

Pioneer $1,000 - $2,499J. Richard & Carole# Bland*Esther BowdenRob & Miriam BroinGerald & Anne ChristophersonCNA Surety - Bill PetersonEric & Danae DelmanTom & Ann GarryArthur HuseboeKevin & Peggy KirbyRick & DiAnn Kolkman*James & Roselyn Krause*Leland & Ardis LillehaugJohn McIntyre*V. Ronald & Joyce Nelson*Lowell & Florence Ronning*Schock FoundationBob & Wilma Sellin*Lloyd & Anne Svendsbye*Paul & Marcia ThomassonRichard & Michelle VanDemark

Ranger $750 - $999Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota

Blair & Linda TremereBertie Van Demark

Scout $500 - $749Lynn & Barbara Aspaas*Ron & Rebecca Brakke*Don & Cara Lee DavisGary & Sandra Earl*DeLoris Erickson*Tony & Anne HagaBoyd & Dody HopkinsHoward & Eunice Hovland*Sandy Jerstad*David & Glenice Johnson*Audrey KleinsasserDennis & JoEllen KoernerHerman & Carol Lerdal*Lavere & Constance LundHelen MadsenTom# & Elaine McIntosh*Rex Myers & Susan RichardsGayle & Angie NelsonCornell NorbyLynwood OyosThe Printing Center - Mike# & Diane Spears

Dean & Sharon SchuelerDarwin & Jane SlettenJack StengelDurand & Ann Young

Partner $250 - $499William AisenbreyLoren & Mavis Amundson*Dennis & Julie Anderson*Don & Alice Anderson*Helen Aspaas*Burton AugstElizabeth Balcer*Charles & Judy Berdahl*Duane & Bonnie BlyGary & Mary Brendtro*Darrell ButterwickJohn BylsmaPaul & Rhoda CarpenterLes & Sherry CarsonRichard & Sharon Cutler

The Center for Western Studies is grateful to everyone who gave a financial gift in 2007-2008. The followingreport includes all gifts from August 1, 2007, to July 31, 2008. If we inadvertently misspelled or omitted yourname, please contact us at 605.274.4007 so we can correct our records. Thank you for your loyal support!

CWSMEMBERSHIPWe are grateful to the manyindividuals, organizations,and businesses whosupported the Center in2007-2008 for providingmembership gifts that nowtotal more than $140,000.


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members has been a source of inspirationfor the staff and a chance for members toshare their unique perspectives and theirvery personal points of view.

The theme of this May 10 retreat wasthe challenge of promoting the Center’sprograms, projects, and growingcollections of art, archives and printedmaterials. Council members came to takepart from as far away as Pauma Valley, CA,(retired attorney Jim Krause) and from asnear by as Freeman, SD, (OrvilleWaltner).In all, 29 participants offered their best

advice for promoting the Center as aresearch agency of Augustana College.Among the many ideas advanced:For the staff to do:- More graphics on the home page- A billboard on occasion- Highway directional signs- New faculty orientation- Prizes offered for student papers- Advertise on SD Public Radio- Offer another Western Experiencefor faculty- Rack cards to each new student- Add an educational director to the staff- Encourage classes to meet in the Board Room- Make the video available on-lineFor the Board and Council to do:- Carry CWS calling cards- Wear CWS lapel pins in public- Distribute flyers of CWS books- Read CWS books- Recommend CWS books to friends and give as gifts- Attend Center functions- Bring friends to CWS events- Put an Argus employee on the Board

- Buy a table at the June Event- Show the video to clubs

Following the working sessions in themorning and afternoon, Board and Councilmembers and spouses met at MinnehahaCountry Club for a no-host social hourand a dinner and informal program.

Out of deliberations like these over theyears have come the Dakota Conference,

the February Art Show and Sale,publications about the American West, adinner-theater fundraiser, the Boe Forum,and a new building with historical displaysof artifacts and art. We are no longer anunknown hidden gem connected withAugustana College—as we once were.

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L to R: Robert and Gerry Law, JohnMcIntyre, ED Art Huseboe, Lorna and TomKilian, and Council member Jim Krause andhis wife, Roselyn, of Pauma Valley, CA (whocame the greatest distance to the retreat). L to R: Dr. Mary Brendtro, Martin and

Mary Oyos, Gary Brendtro and Karel & Rev.Bruce Williams (Dr. Brendtro and Rev.Williams are the Board’s newest members).

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